Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Elephant & Feather (Free Fall)
A demonstration involving an elephant and a feather and explanation of why all objects maintain the same acceleration in the state of free fall without any air resistance.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Free Fall
This activity assesses students' knowledge and understanding of free fall principles.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Prodigious! Quadratics and Free Fall Motion
Uses the movie "October Sky" as an introduction to the study of free fall motion functions. Acts a summation activity to a quadratic unit in Algebra. Solve quadratic equations by graphing, factoring, and the quadratic formula.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Free Fall [Pdf]
Use this printable physics instructional activity which allows students to practice problems describing motion in a free fall.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Kinematics: Falling Objects
By the end of this section, you will be able to describe the effects of gravity on objects in motion, describe the motion of objects that are in free fall, and calculate the position and velocity of objects in free fall.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Newton's Second Law of Motion & Free Fall: Lesson 1
This lesson explains how Newton's second law of motion can be used to understand free fall. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Newton's Second Law of Motion & Free Fall."
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Picket Fence Free Fall
In this activity, students will measure the acceleration of a freely falling body (g) to better than 0.5% precision with the help of a Picket Fence and a Photogate.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Constructing a Projectile Launcher and Free Falling Target
Implement the classic physics demonstration "the monkey and the hunter" using this description of a projectile launcher and a target that begins to fall at the same time the projectile is launched. The completed project is a spectacular...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Introduction to Free Fall
A lesson on free fall covers the fact that free-falling objects do not encounter air resistance and all free-falling objects (on Earth) accelerate downwards at a rate of approximately 10 m/s/s (to be exact, 9.8 m/s/s).
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Amusement Park Physics: The Principles of Free Fall
An article describing free fall principles in roller coaster rides. In addition to the explanation of free fall, an experiment is described that allows you to test free fall with a cup of water. Part of a larger presentation on roller...
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Energy of Falling Object
This site is from the Physics Department at Georgia State University. The reliance upon the law of conservation of energy as an approach to problem-solving is presented and encouraged. It is modeled through a problem involving a...
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Acceleration and Free Fall
These notes and illustrations will help you understand the concept and properties of acceleration.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Free Fall Constants for Earth
When you work with equations that show position, velocity, acceleration of objects that are flying or falling through the air, you will be using the constant that is the acceleration due to gravity. View formulas, explanations, and...
NOAA
Noaa: Free Fall Determination of Newtonian Constant of Gravity
Descriptions of an experiment performed by geologists to determine the Newtonian constant of gravity, or "G". Highly sophisticated reading.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Acceleration
Topics covered include what acceleration is, the difference between constant and non-constant acceleration, acceleration in a free-falling object, the equation used to compute acceleration, and the difference between positive and...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Model Rocket
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the relationship between position and velocity for a model rocket during launch and in free-fall. Experiment with rocket mass, rocket thrust, and rocket burn time to understand the...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Linear Motion
A learning module where students gain an understanding of the relationships between the different kinds of motion. Students will be able to explain free-fall motion and use kinematics equations to calculate problems involving falling...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Measuring G
Using the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT kit, students construct experiments to measure the time it takes a free falling body to travel a specified distance. Students use the touch sensor, rotational sensor, and the NXT brick to measure the time of...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Physics: Kinematics
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An online chapter focused on motion and the shapes it takes. Topics range from speed and velocity to acceleration and free fall. Find detailed visuals, learning...
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: An Experiment: Acceleration During Free Fall
Animated simulation re-enacts Galileo's experiment of dropping objects off the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Falling Down
In this activity, students will determine the average speed of a falling object. They will observe whether or not changing the mass and keeping the same shape have an effect on the average speed of the object.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: How Do Things Fall?
Learners learn more about forces by examining the force of gravitational attraction. They observe how objects fall and measure the force of gravitational attraction upon objects.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Falling Objects
In the following interactive module, students will describe the effects of gravity on objects in motion. They will also describe the motion of objects that are in freefall and calculate the position and velocity of objects in freefall.
NASA
Nasa: The Way Things Fall
This site from NASA compares free falling motion to falling with air resistance. Discusses Galileo's experiment. Explains why we believe all objects free fall with the same acceleration.
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